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(11) EP 1 945 153 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/30

(21) Application number: 06839599.5

(22) Date of filing: 27.10.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61F 2/90(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2006/060329
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/051183 (03.05.2007 Gazette 2007/18)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 28.10.2005 US 731568 P
01.11.2005 US 732628 P

(71) Applicant: Incept, LLC
Campbell, CA 95008 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KROLIK, Jeffrey
    Campbell, CA 95008 (US)
  • DREHER, James H.
    Santa Monica, CA 90402 (US)

(74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell 
Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


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